Mindfulness Rain Technique

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@Karrot

thanks so much Karrot for sharing this! I was so excited to see someone share this. I love using RAIN whenever i can remember to. I liked the lovely images in your post! RAIN is super helpful for me to help de-escalation or to calm overwhelm of emotions. And also helps prevent the tormented internal war because it guides thoughts away from turning dualistic. On the i for investigate, i was given an additional tool to help investigate. Thought i would share as it reallyhas helped me.

I struggle with self care. So I was taught three questions to help....

1. what do i need in this moment.... 2. What do i want in this moment? 3. What is my priority in this moment ... (in the moment is important because it tells the mind to just stay present.... and just for now... No sweeping large decisions forever while i am emotional)

Being able to use logic has really helped pull my brain out of fight or flight or the emotional overwhelm brain. Then being able to choose something, anything for self care is empowering. It helps me divert from a well-worn victim path because it allows me to see multiple paths and choices rather than feeling fight or flight, or backed in a corner.

RAIN helps dissolve dualistic thought patterns - black and white thinking and the internal warring that inevitably causes...in other words if someone makes mistakes and is labelled bad in my mind to protect myself and set boundaries, then at some point inevitably my mind will reach the consclusion that i am bad as well because i cant be perfect.... none of us are. Because there is no judgement - non-identifying or labeling - there is no harsh judging me and no harsh judging others...a win-win. I can say no, i can hold boundaries without the other person being bad or terrible. (Its really hard to do!). The other person can be cranky without being a bully or out to get me....or trying to put me down. Of course that also happens in life, hurt people hurt people. But judging doesn't really help me or them. I can do self care and set boundaries and walk away. I can choose not to be friends or have people be in my life without me or them having to be bad. I leave the judging for higher power, god, source..... i just know its not for me...doesnt work for me.... i grew up internalizing trauma and went through many many years decades in 12 step recovery groups and therapy.... every little thing would trigger some trauma montage. As I grew older the more easy it was to trigger ptsd and to react as if i something was traumatic, because my nerves were so fried. Some people likened it to being sunburned.... even things meant for good, like a hig, hurts someone sunburned!

RAIN helps me see all the shades and colors, so I can live in multicolored rich abundant world full of possibilities, rather than what my body chemically got used to- black and white- fight, flight, freeze, fawn... i think i found a new path out of my choose my own adventure....I am working hard to change my brain.... hope RAIN helps everyone too!